unit was inactivated in Trinidad during July 1945. Airlift operations In February 1953, Tactical Air Command activated the 465th Troop Carrier Group at Donaldson Air Force Base, South Carolina to replace the 433d Troop Carrier Group, a reserve unit that had been mobilized for the Korean War. The squadron was redesignated the 782d Troop Carrier Squadron and assumed the personnel, mission and Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcars of the 311th Troop Carrier Squadron, which was simultaneously inactivated. In December, the 465th Group and its squadrons at Donaldson moved to Toul-Rosières Air Base, France, where it was joined by its parent 465th Troop Carrier Wing in April 1954. The squadron participated in airlift operations, tests and exercises in Europe. In March 1957, the 465th Wing reorganized under the dual deputy model. The 465th Group was inactivated and the 782d was reassigned directly to the 465th Wing. Four months later, the 465th Wing inactivated and transferred its operational squadrons to the 317th Troop Carrier Wing, which had moved to Évreux-Fauville Air Base from its former station at Neubiberg Air Base, Germany. The squadron continued airlift operations in France until December, when it moved to Neubiberg, assuming the remaining theater airlift assets there until inactivating later that month. Lineage Constituted as the 782d Bombardment Squadron, Heavy on 19 May 1943 Activated on 1 August 1943 Inactivated on 31 July 1945 Redesignated the 782d Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium on 22 December 1952 Activated on 1 February 1953 Inactivated on 20 December 1957 Assignments 465th Bombardment Group, 1 August 1943 – 31 July 1945 465th Troop Carrier Group, 1 February 1953 (attached to 465th Troop Carrier Wing after 1 December 1956) 465th Troop Carrier Wing, 12 March 1957 317th Troop Carrier Wing, 8 July 1957 – 20 December 1957 Stations Alamogordo Army Air Field], New Mexico, 1 August 1943 Kearns Army Air Base, Utah, c. 13 September 1943 McCook Army Air Field, Nebraska, c. 5 October 1943 – 1 February 1944 Pantanella Airfield, Italy, 25 April 1944 – June 1945 Waller Field, Trinidad, c. 15 June – 31 July 1945 Donaldson Air Force Base, South Carolina, 1 February 1953 – December 1953 Neubiberg Air Base, Germany, 24 December 1953 Toul-Rosières Air Base, France, 15 April 1954 Évreux-Fauville Air Base, France, 24 May 1955 Neubiberg Air Base, Germany, 5–20 December 1957 Aircraft B-24 Liberator, 1943–1945 C-119 Flying Boxcar, 1953–1957 Lockheed C-130A Hercules, 1957 Awards and campaigns References